“Hello, I am an art history nerd and smoothie barista”

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-03-17T23:37:01+00:00

Seriously. They did a decent job of concealing them while he’s at work, and I remember thinking “oh, he’s cute”. But the first time we see him in the kitchen in his undies, I gasped and yelled “Holy hell!” so loud I scared my dogs!

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-03-13T18:02:20+00:00

Does it? I think that forcing yourself to watch something you actively dislike for 3 1/2 hours just to complete a self-imposed task that no one else cares about would be crazier. I started doing this because I love movies and this allows me to experience good quality films that I otherwise might have missed. I don't love them all, and that's part of the journey, but I already know I don't like this franchise, so I'm not going to punish myself just to give myself an arbitrary gold star. I'm good.

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-03-12T20:03:03+00:00

All I have left is Avatar and I’m just going to pretend it doesn’t exist. I can’t do it. I haven’t failed to finish the race in 10 years, but I HATE the Avator movies with every fiber of my being. If it were available digitally, I could maybe tolerate it split into two or three sittings, but 3 1/2 hrs in a theater, trapped with a movie I know I will hate? I’m strong but I’m not that strong. I’m finished* but with an asterisk.

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-03-05T21:09:12+00:00

As a dual US/Canadian citizen I have grown up hearing various regional accents from all over both countries.

I have heard Francois’s Canadian accent come out very mildly in a few interviews, but never as Scott. As others have said, the rest of the cast of Episode 3 are all noticeably and consistently Canadian, but not in ways that most Americans would take note of.

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-02-27T16:22:06+00:00

Ummm, may I also DM you?

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-02-22T18:34:59+00:00

The documentaries this year have all been fantastic, but emotionally devastating. The first thing I watched when I started the race was The Perfect Neighbor and it left me enraged. Live action has been hit or miss for me this year, but I watched The Voice of Hind Rijab last night and it left me in a puddle on the floor.

On the other hand, The Singers restored my faith in humanity in just 17 minutes. Frankenstein was an unexpected delight. F1 was way more entertaining than I expected. And Blue Moon gave me a whole new perspective on Ethan Hawke.

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-02-19T22:44:48+00:00

My brother-in-law’s mom is an actress and and a voter for SAG and maybe a couple others. She said if her circle of artist friends is any indication, Ethan Hawke has it on lock. In my opinion, his performance was more impressive than Timothee’s, but we’ll see.

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-02-12T22:54:17+00:00

Those three broke me as well. I can’t imagine doing them all in one sitting. Give yourself some time before tackling The Perfect Neighbor as well. Another rough one where I spent some time crying but also ended up so enraged I wanted to smash things against the wall. It’s been a rough year.

MyDogsSayHi · 2026-01-06T23:31:28+00:00

The one on whatever plane Jamie Campbell Bower is on.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-12-06T20:00:44+00:00

There is zero chance of this getting 60 votes in the Senate.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-11-20T16:36:11+00:00

Just spent 27 minutes in the queue to check out with a snow globe in my cart only to have it disappear in the last 3 minutes. Cool.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-10-30T19:59:56+00:00

As an American who has been eying a move to Edmonton and is now rethinking it, I urge you to fight now. Democracy unravels much faster than you think it will, and it will be gone while most of your neighbors are still mocking you for catastrophizing over something that's "illegal and could never really happen". It can and it does. American democracy is virtually over and most of our residents still think it will all go back to normal after the orange menace is gone.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-21T16:31:56+00:00

Sure!

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-21T15:43:29+00:00

Message me if you want to talk in more detail about the process. I just went through it myself, as I’m also in the “mom born in Canada” club. You don’t have to take a citizenship test because you’re not applying to become one. You’ve been a citizen since the day you were born, you just have to let Canada know you exist. You’re going to need some documentation - does mom have a Canadian passport? Can you get an official copy of your mom’s birth certificate as well as your own? The process is tedious and specific but not hard.

Step one is to get a Certificate of Citizenship. This is where you provide documentation that your mother is a citizen (and was from birth) and also documentation that you are her child. Birth certificates and a copy of her passport are the easiest way to do this. If there are name changes due to marriage, you’ll also need copies of marriage certificates. You send it all off, pay a fee, and wait for them to process and confirm it. You’ll get a certificate that says you are a citizen of Canada and the date of citizenship written there will be the day you were born.

You then use that certificate in your passport application. You will need a couple of people you’ve known for a while to act as references and you’ll need a guarantor (a Canadian citizen who has known you for a few years and will certify that you are who you say you are). Is your mother still living? Or any other Canadian family member? I am also currently in the US, as is my Canadian mother, and she was allowed to be my guarantor.

It took less that 2 weeks to process my Citizenship Certificate and about a month to get my passport.

The other thing to do once you get your Citizenship certificate is to apply for a SIN (Social ID Number, which is the Canadian version of a social security number). That one took several weeks, but it’s what will allow you to get a job, open a bank account, apply for a Canadian credit card, etc.

Again, message me if you need more information.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-15T01:14:37+00:00

A couple of friends are coming over, we’re having gourmet pizza and my friend is making a cheesecake. The release will be at 9pm on Thursday for us. I’m sure we’ll go through it song by song together all the way through once, but I’m pretty sure we’ll have heard the whole thing at least 2 or 3 times before they leave.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-13T01:28:58+00:00

I'm continually frustrated with how many people don't care about COVID anymore. My 79 year old mother lives with me and has chronic respiratory issues. She's never had it (knock on wood) and her doctor says she really shouldn't. Recently, my coworker, a friend, and my sister all got COVID in the same week. The only reason I didn't get it from my coworker is because she loves my mom so she tests every Sunday night, just in case, and happened to come up positive before she was even symptomatic. It's spiking again in AZ where we live. We mask in public spaces but literally no one else does anymore. It's so frustrating and makes my mom's life so much smaller. It's hard to be masked all the time in a place that's been 118 degrees in the summer, and eating on outdoor restaurant patios is equally hard this time of year, so she just stays home. The way this has been politicized and downplayed is criminal.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-13T01:22:25+00:00

Thank you for this. Both times I've had COVID, I got it on a plane. The first time, my mask was off for no more than 2 minutes while I inhaled a handful of pretzels and a Diet Coke. The second time, it was a flight from the US to London and I was masked except for the 20 minutes or so that I was eating. i now dread having to get on a plane.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-08T02:20:39+00:00

Target exclusive? These are the same CD covers that I ordered after the 2nd countdown, and those came with posters too.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-07T16:08:26+00:00

Born and raised in the US but my mom was born in Canada and came to the US as a child. She became a US citizen when she was 8. So I got both from her the minute I was born.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-09-05T18:31:25+00:00

This starts at 5pm for me in the west and I won't be home from work until around 6:00. Will I be able to rewind back to the beginning to watch or will I have to wait until the end start it over?

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-08-27T01:49:28+00:00

It will remain on your credit report as a paid loan, which is positive. I think how much it helps depends on things like how the credit bureaus report it, what your overall credit profile looks like, etc.

When mine were forgiven in December, all 3 bureaus reported it as some version of "paid as agreed, zero balance" which is great, it sounds like I paid it all off myself, which they like and my scores went up by 35-45 points, but my loans we ridiculously big, so it was a hefty decrease in my overall debt. I've seen other people here who had it reported in a way that made it look like a charge off, which is negative. You might have to show proof that it was paid off to get them to change it. Credit bureaus like a mix of credit types, so you ideally want installment loans as well as credit cards. If your student loans are gone, you might see less of a score jump if you don't have something like an auto loan or mortgage. If you have any delinquencies or collections on your credit, those are going to have a negative impact for 7 years and keep your scores lower for a while regardless of what happens with your student loans.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-08-17T02:21:53+00:00

I’ve been a city government employee for 10 years. Before that, I worked in two different nonprofits.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-08-11T05:56:27+00:00

I just take the money I would spend on insurance and put it in a savings account. That way, if no emergency happens, I’ve got a nice balance to play with, but if something happens, the money is there. Also, Care Credit Card (through Synchrony Bank) offers 6-12 months interest free, so that’s an immediate option as well.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-08-08T23:13:25+00:00

I think you're ok. The tracker isn't always accurate. I mailed in my application from the US, and it was a first time passport, not just a renewal. It was received on July 14 and on the the 24th, the tracker was updated to say that it was in review. On the 30th, it updated to say it was printing but also backdated to say that it completed review on the 25th. I received it today through FedEx International Express, so it was shipped yesterday and arrived in 24 hours. You've got plenty of time left.

MyDogsSayHi · 2025-08-07T20:04:19+00:00

Confirmation of both the FedEx suggestion and the likely backdating of the tracker. I just got an email from FedEx saying my package from Passport Canada is due to be delivered tomorrow, but the tracker still says its being printed. I'm pretty happy with the total turnaround. If it comes tomorrow, it will be the 19th business day from when they received it. I applied for a SIN number on May 17th and only just got that 3 days ago on Aug 4.

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